英语4级考试卷和答案

2000专业四级(TEM-4)语法与词汇考题(附解析)

GRAMMAR AND. VOCABULARY ［15 MIN.］

There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C. and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

41. Acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorms long before people _________.

A. do B. hear C. do them D. hearing it

42. This is an illness that can result in total blindness _________ left untreated.

A. after B. if C. since D. unless

43. The central provinces have floods in some years, and _________.

A. drought in others B. droughts are others

C. while other droughts D. others in drought

44. Do help yourself to some fruit,_________ you

A. can’t B. don’t C. wouldn’t D. won’t

45. There_________ nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.

A. to be B. to have been C. being D. be

46. My mother can’t get _________ because she has rheumatism (风湿病).

A. about B. on C. through D. in

47. I was very much put _________ by Mark’s rude behavior; it really annoy ed me.

A. over B. off C. up D. by

48. You _________ Jim anything about it. It was none of his business.

A. needn’t have told B. needn’t tell

C. mustn’t have told D. mustn’t tell

49. All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there_________ quite such a crowd of people there.

A. weren’t B. hasn’t been C. hadn’t been D. wouldn’t be

50. Firms that use computers have found that the number of staff _________

quality control can be substantially reduced.

A. whose B. as C. what D. that

51. _________ at in this way, the present economic situation doesn’t seem so gloomy.

A. Looking B. Looked C. Having looked D. To look

52. Many people are _________ to insect bites, and some even have to go to hospital.

A. insensitive B. allergic C. sensible D. infected

53. When you’re driving on a motorway, you must obey the signs telling you to get into the right _________.

A. way B. track C. road D. lane

. The motorist had to _________to avoid knocking the old woman down in the middle of the road.

A. swerve B. twist C. depart D. swing

55. In winter drivers have trouble stopping their cars from _________ on icy roads.

A. skating B. skidding C. sliding D. slipping

56. This project would _________ a huge increase in defense spending.

A. result B. assure C. entail D. accomplish

57. The chances of a repetition of these unfortunate events are _________ indeed.

A. distant B. slim C. unlikely D. narrow

58. We should make a clear _________ between ‘competent’ and ‘proficient’ for the purposes of our discussion.

A. separation difference

B. division C. distinction D.

59. In the present economic _________ we can make even greater progress than previously.

A. air B. mood C. area D. climate

60. Rite of Passage is a good novel by any standards; _________, it should rank high on any list of science fiction.

A. consistently B. consequently C. invariably D. fortunately

61. The diversity of tropical plants in the region represents a seemingly _________ source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.

A. exploited B. controversial C. inexhaustible D. remarkable

62. While he was in Beijing, he spent all his time _________ some import ant museums and buildings.

A. visiting B. traveling C. watching D. touring

63. You must let me have the annual report without _________ by ten o’clock tomorrow morning.

A. failure B. hesitation C. trouble D. fail

. As the director can’t come to the reception, I’m representing the company

A. on his account B. on his behalf C. for his part D. in his interest

65. Dreams are_________ in themselves, but when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.

A. uninformative B. startling C. harmless D. uncontrollable

【答案与解析】

41. A。动词do用以代替与主句重复的信息sense the approach of thunderstorms。句意为：敏锐的听觉使多数动物能远在人之前感觉到雷雨的来临。

42. B。if left untreated为if it is left untreated之省略。句意为：这种病如果不加以治疗会使患者完全失明。

43. A。句中的and drought in others为have drought in other years之省略。句意为：中部省份在有些年份会遭水灾，在另一些年份会遭旱灾。

44. D。考查对附加疑问句的用法，本句是由“祈使句+附加疑问”构成的附加疑问句，这种附加疑问部分通常用won’t you表示一种征询意见的语气。句意为：吃点水果，好吗

45. C。考查对主格结构的用法，句中的There being nothing more for discussion为主格结构，表示原因。句意为：由于没有更多的东西可讨论，会议提前半小时结束了。

46. A。比较：get about表示“(尤指病后)走动，往来各处，(消息、谣言等)传开”；get on表示“进展；相处；上车；继续干”等；set through表示“(使)了解；熬过；干完工作”；get in表示“到达；收获”。根据句意，选项A为符合句子语境。句意为：我母亲因患有风湿病而不能走动。

47. B。比较：put over表示“使被理解，传达……的意义，(尤指用欺骗手段)做成”等；put off表示“推迟；关掉；消除使厌恶”等；put up表示“抬起，把……拿出来出售(拍卖等)，张贴，提出(、建议、问题等)”；put by表示“继续，储存，抛弃，回避”

等。分别将四个选项代入句中，显然只有选项B最合适。句意为：我对马克的粗鲁举止很反感，他太让我气恼了。

48. A。本题考查对情态动词及虚拟语气的掌握。“needn’t have+过去分词”表示对过去的否定性猜测，其意为“本来没必要做某事却做了”。句意为：你本来不必将这件事告诉杰姆的，这与他无关。

49. C。考查对虚拟语气的用法。根据主句中的would have done可知，这里表示的是与过去相反的事实，所以从句中应使用had done。句意为：要不是那儿人太多，我们就会在聚会上玩得更尽兴。

50. D。考查由代系代词引导的定语从句，先行词为the number of stuff，同时该词还要在从句中作主语，用来指人，故选D。句意为：使用计算机的公司发现，可以大幅度裁减质量控制人员的数量。

51. B。考查过去分词的用法。分词在句中用作状语，因句子主语the present economic situation为动词look的逻辑宾语，所以要用过去分词表示被动。句意为：这样看来，目前的经济形势似乎并不暗淡。

52. B。比较：insensitive意为“反应迟钝的，不灵敏的”；allergic意为“过敏的”，且常用于be allergic to结构，意为“对……过敏”；sensible意为“明智的；察觉的”，常用于be sensible of结构；infect意为“传染，感染”，不与介词to连用。根据句意和句子结构，选项B为正确答案。句意为：许多人对虫子叮咬过敏，有一些人甚至必须去医院就诊。

53. D。way指的是为了到达某个地点而要经过的地方，比较笼统、抽象；track指“不平坦的小路”，还可以指铁轨，比赛的跑道等；road指“大道，公路”，通行的道路；lane指的是“公路上用黄线或白线划开的车道”。句意为：在高速公路上开车时必须遵循车道标志。

. A。比较：swerve意为“(突然地)转向一边”；twist意为“使转动；扭曲，曲折地走”；depart意为“离开；启程”；swing意为“摆动，挥动”。显然只有选项A最符合句意。句意为：为避免撞倒老太太，驾车者不得不在道路突然将车转向一边(from 。

55. B。比较：skate表示“(在冰面上)滑行”、“溜(冰)”‘一股指滑冰运动；skid表示“(人、车等行进时因路面滑而向一侧)打滑，滑倒”；slide表示“(在冰、滑梯、跑道等上)滑行，滑动；滑落”；slip表示“失脚，滑跤”，常指由于不小心、路滑等而滑倒。根据句意，此处指“车轮的打滑”。句意为：冬天，司机很难避免汽车在结了冰的路面上打滑。

56. C。result in为习语，意为“造成；导致”；assure意为“使确信，使放心”；entail意为“使成为必要；需要”；accomplish意为“完成；实现”。根据句意，选项C最符合句意。句意为：该计划需要大大增加防卫开支。

57. B。比较：distant意为“遥远的；远离的；疏远的”；slim意为“(指希望、可能性等)微小的；渺茫的”；unlikely意为“未必有的；未必可能的”；narrow意为“狭的；狭窄的”。这里是说“发生某事的可能性”，故选B。句意为：再发生这些不幸事件的可能性很小。

58. C。比较：separation意为“分开，裂开”；division意为“分开；分配”；division

意为“分割，切分”；difference意为“差异”。在这四个选项中，只有division可与make搭配，make a clear distinction意为“清楚地区分……”。句意为：为了讨论起见，我们应该明确区分competent(能干的)和proficient(精通的)。

59. D。比较：air常用作“空气”，也可指“气氛”；mood意为“心情，心境”；area意为“地区；范围”；climate意为“气候”，既可指自然“气候”，也可比喻“政治气候”，“经济气候”等。本句是指“经济环境”，因此选D。句意为：在目前经济环境下，我们可以取得比以往更大的进步。

60. B。比较：consistently意为“一贯的，一致的”； consequently意为“因此，所以”；invariably意为“不变的，永恒的”；fortunately意为“幸运的，好运的”。根据句意，选B最佳。句意为：无论参照什么标准，Rite of Passage都是一部好小说。因此，它应在任何科幻小说名录上名列前茅。

61. C。比较：exploited意为“被开发的”；controversial意为“引起争论的，有争议的”； inexhaustible意为“用不完的，无穷无尽的”；remarkable意为“异常的，非凡的”。根据句意，选项C最符合句意。句意为：该地区热带植物多种多样，这说明这里有取之不尽的原材料，而只有一点点被利用的。

62. A。比较：visit表示“参观(景点、人物等)”；travel表示“旅行”；watch表示“观看(活动、比赛等)”；tour表示“在……旅行，参观(地点)”。句意为：他在北京期间把所有时间都用来参观一些重要的博物馆和建筑。

63. D。without fail为固定搭配，其意为“务必，必定”。without hesitation意为“毫不犹豫。句意为：你务必在明天十点前将年度报告交到我手上。

. B。on one’s behalf为固定搭配，意为“代表某人”。句意为：由于主管不能来参加这个接待会，我以他的身份来担任本公司的代表。

65. A。比较：uninformative意为“不提供资料的”; startling意为“吃惊的”; harmless意为“无害的”；uncontrollable意为“不可控制的”。根据句意，选项A最符合句意。句意为：梦本身并不提供什么信息，但若结合其他数据，却能大大地帮助我们了解梦者。